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Public entertainment retailing company
This article is about the global music retailer. For other uses, see HMV (disambiguation).
Sunrise Records and Entertainment Limited
HMV logo used at physical shops since 2021, featuring Nipper and the gramophone
The HMV Shop at Trinity Walk in Wakefield
Trade name
HMV
Company type
Subsidiary
Industry
Music & film retail
Founded
20 July 1921; 102 years ago (20 July 1921)
Headquarters
London, England, UK
Number of locations
119 shops (as of April 2023[update])
Area served
United Kingdom Ireland Belgium Japan Canada
Key people
Neil Taylor (CEO) Phil Halliday (managing director)
Products
Music film television merchandise technology video games books
Owner
Sunrise Records (United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland and Belgium)[a] Lawson (Japan)
Number of employees
1,600 (as of 2019[update])[1]
Subsidiaries
Fopp
Website
HMV.com
Examples of the alternate 'round' logo used at shops since 2021 (the colour varies depending on location)
HMV is a music and entertainment retailer, founded in the United Kingdom in 1921. As of February 2024, it is currently operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Japan and Belgium, as well as having concessions at Toys "R" Us locations in Canada.[2]
The retailer's acronym stands for His Master's Voice, the title of a painting by Francis Barraud of Nipper listening to a phonograph.[3] The retailer was opened by the Gramophone Company on London's Oxford Street in 1921.[4] In 1998, it was divested from EMI (successor to the Gramophone Company), to form what would become HMV Group plc.[5] In August 2007, HMV bought rival retailer, Fopp.[6]
In April 2013, HMV was bought by Hilco UK for an estimated £50 million after falling into administration.[7] In February 2019, JD Sports acquired the HMV brand, with the Canadian retailer Sunrise Records operating the HMV shops under license.[citation needed] The brand also exists in Japan, but under separate ownership.[8]
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^"Sunrise Records Chief Doug Putman Talks Rescuing UK's HMV Music Chain, Plans to Bring It Profitable". Billboard. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
^"HMV making comeback through Toys 'R' Us locations". CTVNews. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
^"EMI: A Brief History". BBC News. 24 January 2000. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
^Holden, Jake (23 November 2023). "HMV to return to its iconic Oxford Street location after four-year closure". My London. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
^Barlow, Alastair (29 January 2020). "HMV's top dog could be in the kennels once again". AccountingWEB. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
^Allen, Katie (1 August 2007). "Fopp lives again after HMV buys six shops and online operation". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
^"HMV is sold to Hilco in rescue deal". BBC News. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
^Inc, Lawson Entertainment. "HMV&BOOKS online: Online Shopping & Information Site for Books/ Music/ DVD/ Blu-ray/ Games/ Goods [English Site]". www.hmv.co.jp. Retrieved 21 February 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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